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A 2011 Spitfire replica crashed while attempting to take off at Olds-Didsbury airport Monday morning. The pilot was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition according to Emergency Medical Services. Source

The 1943 Canadian-built PBY-5A Canso (former RCAF11094) should fly again on June 18 following a nine-year restoration. The flight is slated to take place at Fairview Airport with two of its former pilots in attendance: 94-year-old Hal Burns and 99-year-old James McCrae, who both flew the machine during its service in WW2. Read the full …

A true piece of American history that has sat in the Mojave Desert for decades and was slated to be turned into scrap metal will now have a new home at the Air Mobility Command Museum. A C-5M Super Galaxy, operated by the 709th Airlift Squadron, and an AMC Museum team traveled to Edwards Air …

The Australian Vintage Aviation Society (TAVAS) will soon be performing the first flight of its Fokker D.VIII replica. The aircraft is built using several original components, and an original Gnôme engine. The 160 hp rotary engine was purchased as surplus after World War One and used on an airboat, but saw very limited use and …

The Gatwick Aviation Museum, located on the boundary of London-Gatwick airport, will reopen to the public on March 25, three years after being shut down following the death of its founder and owner Peter Vallance in January 2013. Source: Air Museum Network

The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia has just installed their newly restored SBD Dauntless into its final position in the museum’s Leatherneck Gallery. Read the full story from WW2 Aero.

A de Havilland DH.4B “Liberty” is expected to arrive at Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, Washington State this summer after a restoration by Century Aviation of East Wenatchee. Read the full story on Early Aero.

MEDIA RELEASE Gifting of heritage aircraft ‘shares Air Force history’ Friday 5 February 2016 The Royal Australian Air Force has today announced the successful recipients for three retired Air Force heritage aircraft being gifted to Australian historical organisations. These three aircraft have been on display at various RAAF Bases across Australia for decades but, following …

Flight Lieutenant Bob Large, who has died aged 94, flew Spitfires on sweeps over northern France before becoming a pilot on the “Moonlight Squadron”, flying Lysander aircraft into remote fields in France to deliver and pick up agents. Read his full obituary on The Telegraph.

Commander David “Corky” Corkhill, who has died aged 94, fought a German bomber in his Walrus amphibious biplane, and later helped to sink both a Vichy French and a German submarine. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.

Group Captain Ray Price, who has died aged 93, was an RAF navigator who flew many low-level anti-shipping strikes; with his New Zealand pilot, Wing Commander Bill Sise, he formed one of Coastal Command’s most formidable partnerships. Read his obituary on The Telegraph.

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson was forced to make an emergency landing in his Fokker Dr.1 replica this past week when the aircraft began running low on fuel. Dickinson, an experienced pilot with over 7,000 hours of experience and part of the Great War Display Team, was able to land at RAF Halton, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where it …